Waverly Place & University Place

Waverly Place and University Place meet at an eight-way junction in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Greenwich Village Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “Giuseppe Garibaldi” is 360 feet away, and the arch “Washington Square Arch” is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 St-NYU, is about three minutes on foot, and 16 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, six of them colleges, and 94 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 St-NYU
780 feet · 3 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
E 8 St/University Pl · M1, M2, M3, M8 +1
Within a walk
30 places
6 colleges, 5 playgrounds and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Waverly Place & University Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 St-NYU, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 16 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 St-NYU R, W
    780 feet
    R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Astor Pl 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    0.3 miles
    A B C D E F M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Broadway Diary” (2002) by Timothy Snell at the 8 St-NYU station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 8 St/University Pl, 480 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M8 and M55.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 8 St/University Pl M1, M2, M3, M8 +1
    480 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M8 M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M8 …
  5. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Washington Square East and Washington Square North.

  • 112 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. University Pl & E 8 St 79 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 2 Washington Square Village Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 107 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of University Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of University Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of Washington Square East

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Washington Square East

  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Washington Square North

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Washington Square North

  • No stopping 11 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Waverly Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Waverly Place

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 104755.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Greenwich Village Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 110 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1833 and 1896.

  1. Brown Building (originally Asch Building) Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. Washington Arch Designated landmark
    460 feet
  3. One Fifth Avenue Designated landmark
    460 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Washington Square Park.

  1. Giuseppe Garibaldi Statue by Giovanni Turini, 1888
    360 feet
  2. George Washington Accompanied by Fame and Valor Statue by Hermon Atkins MacNeil, 1916
    450 feet
  3. Washington Square Arch Arch by Frederick William MacMonnies and Philip Martiny, 1895
    470 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 6 colleges
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 parks
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    160 feet
  2. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    530 feet
  3. Lac Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    680 feet
Show all 10
  1. New York University College
    770 feet
  2. Liu-New York University Campus College
    780 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  4. Harvey Milk High School
    930 feet
  5. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College · landmark
    1,060 feet
  6. New York Studio School College · listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  7. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    50 feet
  2. Washington Square Park Playground
    320 feet
  3. Toddler Playground
    600 feet
Show all 7
  1. Fiorello La Guardia Park
    1,000 feet
  2. Adrienne's Playground
    1,150 feet
  3. Mercer Playground
    1,250 feet
  4. Play Hills Playground
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    780 feet
  2. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    940 feet
  3. Public space at NYU Core Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. NYU Tamiment Library Research library
    770 feet
  2. New York University Libraries Research library
    780 feet
  3. Fiorello H La Guardia Monument Monument or memorial
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hotel Albert Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  2. Chaim Gross Studio Museum
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre Theater or concert hall
    500 feet
  2. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Judson Memorial Church Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 20 Washington Square North Older adult center
    860 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    630 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    530 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 94 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along University Place, Washington Square East, Washington Square North or Waverly Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.